There’s a good chance you’ve touched something made out of the polyolefin polymer today. It’s often used in polyethylene products like plastic bags or polypropylene products like diapers. As... Read more
For years, scientists and engineers have synthesized materials at the nanoscale level to take advantage of their mechanical, optical, and energy properties, but efforts to scale these materi... Read more
The discovery has broad ranging applications in stopping viral outbreaks such as hepatitis C in humans and a number of viruses in plants and animals Viruses are molecular thieves that take f... Read more
The recent discovery of the first male-determining factor in mosquitoes, combined with the gene-editing capabilities of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, could be used to bias mosquito populations fro... Read more
Scientific Reports, an online journal from the publishers of Nature, the researchers describe how they used photolithography to pattern chemical arrays that attract water over top of a surfa... Read more
Research could help more than 200,000 people annually who suffer from nerve injuries or disease A national team of researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind, 3D-printed guide that helps... Read more
Forget the Vulcan mind-meld of the Star Trek generation — as far as mind control techniques go, bacteria is the next frontier. In a paper published today in Scientific Reports, which is part... Read more
A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to create hydrogen fuel using a biological method that greatly reduces the time and money it takes to produce the zero-emissions fuel... Read more
Fire-fighting robots designed to withstand intense heat are to be tested by the US Navy this summer. The Shipboard Autonomous Fire-fighting Robot (SAFFiR) has been built by engineers at Virg... Read more
Harnessing an environmentally friendly source to produce a battery A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density, a development... Read more
Their approach depends upon the day ahead forecast of load variation, market prices, and photovoltaic generation. An economically feasible way to store solar energy in existing residential p... Read more
The applications of bioinspired robots are as diverse as the animals on which they are based. The translucent bell-shaped figure pumps rhythmically upward through the water, the rise and fal... Read more
